Welcome DoubleOBobUSA

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  1. Toto

    Toto I'm best ignored Staff Member Founder Administrator

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    :hismiley: and :welcome: to the forum from Edinburgh.

    It's great to gave you on board. I hope you enjoy your stay with us.

    Cheers for now

    Toto
     
  2. gormo

    gormo Staff Member Administrator

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    G`day Bob and welcome to Platform 1 MRC,
    I hope you have a pleasant journey with us
    :tophat:Gormo........Sydney.......Australia
     
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    paul_l Staff Member Administrator

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    :hismiley: Bob and a warm :welcome: to the forum from an overcast and miserable Dundee

    Great to have you onboard and look forward to hearing about yourself and your modelling adventures so far

    Once again welcome to the forum

    Paul
     
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    Vinylelpea Full Member

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    G'day :welcome:

    Phil from Australia
     
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    ianvolvo46 Staff Member Moderator

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    Hi Bob :welcome: from a rainy Costa del Sol, settle in and enjoy

    Ian vt
     
  6. Rob Pulham

    Rob Pulham Happily making models Staff Member Administrator Feature Contributor

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    Welcome to Platform 1 Bob :welcome:
     
  7. Keith M

    Keith M Staff Member Moderator

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    Welcome to the forum from the East Midlands.
    Keith.
     
  8. DoubleOBobUSA

    DoubleOBobUSA Full Member

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    Thanks for the welcome and today it's sunny Michigan for the moment! I'm hoping to get back into model railways having been away from the hobby for over thirty years but now retiring. Have been slowly building up new stocks of essential items and I recently purchased a Bachmann Class 117 DMU with sound. I was digging into the train box that was shipped to the USA all those years ago and discovered a Lima Class 117 3 car unit that I had completely forgotten about and had never been run. I put it on the test track and it was awful. One of the boxes has a 12.00GBP sticker so figured it's probably worth converting. Then there was a recent article in the Model Railroader or the Hornby Mag about motorized bogies which got me thinking. After searching the web I stumbled on this web site and Keith's article which was really emulating the plan in my head. So I've ordered Hanazono bogies to convert the Lima class 117 using a motor at each end (after discussing with Scale Link the pulling power of these items) and I didn't want find out I should have bought two units in the first place, so they will be on their way soon to the USA. Eventually I will fit a decoder then probably a sound decoder but one step at a time for me. In the meantime Keith's MO will be very valuable to me so many thanks.
    Cheers & Regards Bob
    :cheers:
     
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  9. Toto

    Toto I'm best ignored Staff Member Founder Administrator

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    Delighted you found us. Sounds like an interesting project so feel free to post up your progress with the conversions etc. I'm sure it will make interesting reading.

    Cheers for now

    Toto
     
  10. Gary

    Gary Wants more time for modelling.... Staff Member Administrator

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    G'day DoubleOBobUSA,

    Welcome aboard from Sydney. Glad you could join us here and I'm sure the forum will be very helpful in your modelling endeavours.

    Cheers, Gary.
     
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    jakesdad13 Staff Member Moderator

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    Hello and welcome to the forum Bob!
    Sounds like you have an interesting project with the Lima class 117, hope to hear from you as you get to grips with the conversion.

    Pete.
     

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